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Disadvantages Of Using Computers

Computers have become a large part of our home and business. Since computers were introduced to homes and offices they have been adopted at an extremely fast rate. Computers are able to do many tasks and crunch numbers in mere seconds. Because of computers new industries were born and have become very successful. Today everything is done via a computer. Every businesses not only use computer but also rely on them for all their data. This is surely the age of computers. The introduction of the internet further cemented the fact that computers are her to stay. Over the years computers started coming in many forms, even the smartphone you use is a computer. Even though computers have been able to help mankind and fast track our lives, there have been certain negatives as well. Computer use have given us some problems. Here’s a list of disadvantages of computer use.

UnemploymentSince the introduction of computer it has been able to do the task of many. Many people had to leave their jobs or change professions. Computers are more accurate and faster than people. When businesses see that a computer could do the task of 4 or 5 people much faster than they could, they would go with the obvious choice and dismiss the employees to cut costs down. This is a disadvantage which could become worse. With the introduction of driverless cars that are controlled by computers, drivers may lose their jobs. In the future, even food may be made my computer controlled robots. There’s an air of uncertainty regarding these matters.

HealthWhen we sit in front of the computer the whole day it will affect our health. People sit for long hours and this could lead to bad posture. As this continues people would get back aches and ultimately need surgery to correct this. Further staring at the screen the whole day can affect their vision. They may need Myopia treatment as their vision deteriorates. Similarly obesity has been increasing and has become a problem in many countries. People sit in the same place and order fast food with no exercise has resulted in the overall health of the population going down.Children are also affected by computers as they are exposed to it at a very young age.

Children vision problems have become common and they get sick staying home playing video games. The future generation must be taken care of. We would have a very sick future generation if this continues.Waste of TimeOther than businesses many people use social media, play games, watch videos the whole day. More and more people prefer to talk to someone over social media that physically meeting people. We could be much more productive with our time and yet we choose to waste it away. This may increase in the future as children get mobile phones and computers at a very young age and become addicted to it. Parents should control smartphone and computer use if they want to limit this problem.